Judge Grants Padilla Access to Lawyer

Morphine007 writes "A judge has ordered that Jose Padilla be allowed to see his lawyer, and all I can say is it's about fscking time, I especially like the quote: "Lest any confusion remain, this is not a suggestion or a request that Padilla be permitted to consult with counsel, and it is certainly not an invitation to conduct further 'dialogue' about whether he is permitted to do so.""

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Re:Enemy combatant.

[neocon]

Lindh is considered a citizen because the government chose not to exercise its right to hold him as an unlawful combatant, just as the government routinely chooses which crimes to prosecute, and what charges to bring.

For a summary of Supreme Court cases concerning the renunciation of citizenship, see this page at the State Department, which cites a number of cases. The cases themselves should be easy enough to look up on FindLaw.

Re:My Rights Online??

[elmegil]

Do you plan on getting off a plane from Pakistan?

And that should matter why? I could decide that I want to do humanitarian work in Pakistan, and then yes, I'd be getting off a plan from Pakistan when I come back home. So because I travel somewhere suspect, suddenly I'm an enemy combatant? Let's see, that means I can't travel to anywhere in Europe but Britain right now, can't go to a lot of places in the pacific rim, probably can't go much of anywhere overseas, actually. What's your point?